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heavy rain

type of rain; when the precipitation rate is > 7.6 mm (0.30 in) per hour, or between 10 mm (0.39 in) and 50 mm (2.0 in) per hour
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Summary

heavy rain is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rain[3], extreme weather[4]
  • Has effect: landslide[5], flood[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Information integrity on extreme weather events[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wmo.int. Retrieved . wmo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de']
    Sitelink count → 1
    Gnd id → 4121721-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 19w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Information integrity on extreme weather events
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34829|batch #34829]]"
  3. 19w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of meteorological phenomenon
    Has effect → landslide, flood
    Niconicopedia id → 豪雨
    Imdb keyword → heavy-rain
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pt, pt-br */ Adding labels and descriptions to Extreme Weather events and subclasses ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/796090199e7|details]])"
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